Mexican drug cartel leader pleads guilty to U.S. charge

The suspected head of a Mexican drug cartel that U.S. authorities said was responsible for distributing tons of cocaine into the Unit-ed States and Europe before being arrested in 2014 pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
Tirso Martinez-Sanchez, 49, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to distributing cocaine with the intention that it would be imported into the United States, according to his lawyer.
The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life, though under an extradition agreement with Mexico, the U.S. government has agreed to not seek a life... read more

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